So I didn't even have an account on the forum before today, but after spending two hours trying to figure out why I was having so many issues launching the game, I figured I would try to help people how I could. I am making this post, because until it is fixed it will require a workaround. As such this is only a temporary solution, until Square can help find a permanent solution to it.
So here was the error I was primarily receiving.

"An unexpected error has occurred. Exiting Final fantasy XIV. 2023-02-27_10:22

dxgi.dll+22240
dxgi.dll+223FE
dxgi.dll+2468A
etc, etc etc"

As well as an error that would result in the game simply closing and going back to desktop immediately.


The solution that worked for me is to disable your steel series Core, steel series prism, and all sub-processes associated with steel series that you typically use for your headset. Example, I use an arctis 5

This isn't the first time Steel Series has caused problems like this, before it happened with Valheim, and before that with another online game. If there is any way to get square to talk to steel series about this, it might prevent issues in the future.

I hope this helps you all, stay safe.